Remote worker with 18+ years of experience - Last seen 2 days ago

HR Business Partner with over 15 years of experience across Latin America and the Caribbean, I specialize in talent strategy, HR digital transformation, and change management, ensuring that human resources decisions are fully aligned with business objectives.

I have led teams and projects in multinational environments, managing talent acquisition, workforce planning, and global mobility, always with a data-driven, innovative, and operationally efficient approach.

Key Strengths
• Strategic Workforce Planning – Development of succession planning, retention strategies, and global mobility programs for multinational companies.
• HR Business Partnering – Advising business leaders on aligning HR strategies with corporate objectives.
• Implementation of HRIS - Workday, and People Analytics to optimize talent management.
• Change Management & Organizational Transformation – Leading cultural transformation projects and reducing resistance to change.
• Compliance & Labor Relations – Adapting HR policies across 10+ LATAM countries, ensuring full compliance with local regulations.

Key Achievements
• Reduced turnover by 25% through engagement strategies and leadership development in multicultural teams.
Optimized global mobility and expatriation programs in LATAM, cutting relocation costs and ensuring talent retention.
• Led HRIS implementation across 7 countries, automating processes and improving operational efficiency by 20%.
Managed the hiring and training of 35 specialists in record time for the launch of a $360M power plant in El Salvador.
• Strengthened employer branding strategy, increasing talent attraction by 30% in highly competitive markets.

🛂 Nationality	🇵🇦 Panama
🏡 Residency	🇵🇦 Panama
📍 Location	🇵🇦 Panama
Remote OK	rok.co/@rodrigozapatahgmailcom
LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodrigo-zapata-habed/
Skilled in	workforce planning talent strategy change management corporate compliance labor law regulatory compliance benefits corporate recruiting succession planning leadership dev total compensation competency based hiring talent retention learning dev employee relations performance management employee engagement lean hr processes service delivery hr information systems
Fluent in	englishspanish
Preferred timezone	UTC -4, UTC -5, UTC -6, EST
Preferred annual pay (min)	$65,000/year
Preferred hourly pay (min)	$27/hour
Last seen	2 days ago
Signed up	2 months ago
Badges	👨‍💻 Remote worker 🎖 Early adopter